On the road with COA
Call the Council on Aging office at 978-456-4120 for more information or to sign up for trips. Anyone who cannot afford a trip should contact the office about a scholarship.
- Tuesday, Sept. 22: COA travelers will head for Vermont, where they will board the Green Mountain Flyer for an historic train ride from Bellows Falls to Chester Depot. After lunch the group will head down Route 103, with a brief stop at the Vermont Country Store. The group will leave Hildreth House at 8:15 a.m. and return around 5 p.m. Cost is $30 plus lunch.
Reservations are due soon for upcoming trips
- Friday, Oct. 2: This trip to Boston includes lunch at the Venezia Waterfront Restaurant and a 45-minute tour of the Boston Winery. Lunch is included, for a total cost of $50.
- Wednesday, Oct. 14: A visit to Flax Pond Cranberry Farm in Carver is in store for COA travelers on this trip. Participants will visit the farm’s bog and can try their hands at sorting fresh cranberries. Lunch, before the tour, will be at nearby Mama Mia’s. The tour will leave Hildreth House at 10 a.m. and return at 4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 plus lunch.
- Thursday, Oct. 22: This COA trip features a visit to Boston’s Symphony Hall to hear an open rehearsal of an all-Beethoven concert led by conductor James Levine. Trip-goers will leave from Hildreth House at 8 a.m., take in a pre-concert lecture and the concert, stop for lunch, and return by 3:30 p.m. Cost is $22 plus lunch.
- Thursday, Nov. 5: Participants on this trip to Sturbridge will take in the professional off-Broadway production, This is My Country, in Cabaret Lulu at the Old Sturbridge Village Theatre. Lunch includes a choice of meat pie with brown gravy or grilled salmon with dill-butter sauce. The cost of $48 includes the show, lunch, and transportation.
- Friday, Dec. 18: The COA has organized an excursion to the Hanover Theatre in Worcester to see A Christmas Carol. There are a limited number of up-close orchestra seats available for $50 each.
- Thursday, Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve revelers can celebrate in Boston starting at noon with a special New Year’s Eve luncheon at the Top of the Hub, in the Prudential Tower. Cost is $60.
